STAI (ScanTech AI Systems) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $23.61 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)


What is ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

ScanTech AI Systems STAI +15.87% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $23.61 Mil as of Sep. 2025. The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. ScanTech AI Systems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was $4.53 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was $23.61 Mil.


ScanTech AI Systems  (OTCPK:STAI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for ScanTech AI Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

ScanTech AI Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
1.26 1.50 6.28 5.58

ScanTech AI Systems Quarterly Data
Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 1.72 14.66 2.70 4.53

STAI vs MMEX, FGL, MDLK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, ScanTech AI Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, ScanTech AI Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ScanTech AI Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



ScanTech AI Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $23.61 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $23.61 Mil mean?
ScanTech AI Systems (STAI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $23.61 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on ScanTech AI Systems and its competitors.
Is ScanTech AI Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
ScanTech AI Systems' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $23.61 Mil.
How does ScanTech AI Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MMEX and FGL?
ScanTech AI Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $23.61 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on ScanTech AI Systems and its competitors. ScanTech AI Systems's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $23.61 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is ScanTech AI Systems stock overvalued right now?
ScanTech AI Systems (STAI) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $23.61 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $23.61 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For ScanTech AI Systems (STAI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $23.61 Mil as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

ScanTech AI Systems Business Description

Address 1735 Enterprise Drive, Buford, GA, USA, 30518
ScanTech AI Systems Inc is developing and deploying security screening systems that protect travelers and other public members from criminals, terrorists, and other bad actors. It has developed a proprietary Computed Tomography scanning system that uses fixed-gantry technology to detect explosives, weapons, narcotics, and other contraband.